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Ghanaian Company, CONTRACTA, on Friday presented a feasibility study to the Georgetown Mayor and City Council on a project that could see the iconic Stabroek Market being transformed into a state-of-the-art facility featuring more than 1000 additional stalls, a fish market, a food court, more than 300 parking spaces for visitors and two docks to […]
With the construction of the Bamia Primary School, and the extension of Cemetery Road dragging pass their completion dates by more than a year, Chairman of the Alliance For Change (AFC), David Patterson today said the contractors for the two multi-million projects should have been fired by now. One year after its deadline, the Bamia […]
The Alliance for Change today called for the Acting Commissioner of Police, Clifton Hicken and other senior ranks under his command to proceed on leave, amid growing allegations of corruption including financial impropriety and possible cases of money laundering. Hicken, who reached the retirement age since last year, had his tenure as Acting Commissioner of […]
In its latest collaboration with the University of Guyana and the Ministry of Education, GUYDRONES hosted a mini exhibition at its La Bonne Intention office, exposing a number of children between the ages of 10 and 14 to the world of drones and drone technology. Vice President and Chief Pilot of GUYDRONES, Ershad Mahamad, told […]
A 52-year-old New York based, Guyanese man who is originally from Durban Street in Georgetown has been charged with attempting to export gold without being the holder of a gold export license and failing to declare his gold and gold jewellery to the Guyana Revenue Authority. The accused, Ivan Anthony Scipio, was arrested at the […]
The Opposition has scoffed at Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo’s plan to crack down on Government officials using their influence to land Government contracts for their friends and families. Yesterday, Mr. Jagdeo stated that the Government has observed that public officials, especially at the Regional level have been influencing the award of contracts for their families […]
A 94-year-old man died tragically in a fire that ripped through his Third Avenue, Bartica home on Wednesday afternoon. The Guyana Fire Service has confirmed the death of Albert Hopkinson. The man lived in the two-storey wooden house along with his daughter, Dawn Hopkinson. Both father and daughter were pulled out of the burning building […]
The Government of Guyana has made an initial proposal of a 7% salary increase for teachers for this year with a further 6% increase for 2025 and another 6% increase for 2026, according to sources familiar with the proposal. The counter proposal by the Government follows the submitted proposal of the Guyana Teachers’ Union, which […]
Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo today responded to questions raised by Alliance for Change Leader, Nigel Hughes, about the large sums of money Guyana is earning from oil production and the use of that money. In a social media post earlier this week, the AFC Leader noted that Guyana is earning over $1.5 Billion per day […]
Senior Officials at the Credit Union of the Guyana Police Force are livid over the leakage of information concerning the accounts of senior officers of the Guyana Police Force, and are moving to implement new systems for the custody of the accounting ledger of the Credit Union. Assistant Police Commissioner, Calvin Brutus is currently under […]
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